The Labour Task Force is actively engaged in disseminating the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Workforce Action Planand responding to questions about the current agriculture labour market challenges. The group is focused on ensuring the implementation of all strategy recommendations and at this time is seeking funding mechanisms to support progress.

Since October 2012, the Labour Task Force (LTF) has been focused on examining the issues of labour management and the challenges of shortage for the agricultural and agri-food sector including the seafood sector. The LTF was formed out of concern by the eleven sector-specific Value Chain Roundtables (VCRT) supported in part by Agriculture and Agir-Food Canada (AAFC). The VCRT identified labour as an impediment to the competitiveness of Canada’s agricultural and agri-food sector in a rapidly changing global economic environment and requested that the LTF examine the issues for all commodities within the industry.